White Christmas

A flocked Fraser fir highlights the white-filled, French-cottage interior of a Melvern, Kansas, home. "White goes with everything," says homeowner Deserae Crafts, who styles her rooms for the holidays with fresh greens, silver baubles and vintage accessories from her collections.

Click ahead for ideas on how you can decorate with white for the holidays—or year-round.

Frosted gift

Natural focus

To coordinate arrangements, focus on nature-inspired elements: giant pinecones, sparkling reindeer, bird figurines and nests, and frosted evergreen branches. The following slides show details of three decorations in this dining room.

Finishing touch

Historical house

The charming stone exterior attracted Deserae and Derek Crafts to this 1870 schoolhouse, which they bought in 2003. In addition to a school, it had served as a home and a bed-and-breakfast, so the structure had gone through multiple renovations. Seasoned do-it-yourselfers, the couple continued with the changes, tearing down a wall to connect the living room to the sitting room, replacing too-brittle wood floors with reclaimed maple from a gymnasium and remodeling the kitchen with $2,500 cabinets found on Craigslist.